Kelly N Michelson, MD, MPH
Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Julia and David Uihlein Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Focus of Work
Bio
Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Julia and David Uihlein Professor in Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is an attending physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in the division of pediatric critical care medicine.
Academic Focus
Dr. Michelson’s research interests include communication, decision making, palliative care, bereavement support, and ethics. Currently, her research focuses on communication and decision making among patients, family caregivers, and professional caregivers in the pediatric intensive care unit as well as in the palliative care setting. Her work uses qualitative and quantitative methods as well as patient/stakeholder engagement and community based participatory research methods.
Clinical Focus
Dr. Michelson's clinical practice is in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Keywords
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Critical CarePediatricsPalliative Care, HospiceQualitative research methodsPatient CommunicationsPediatric Critical Care
Education and Certification
- MD, MPH: Duke University (1996)
- Residency: University of Chicago, Pediatrics (2001)
- Fellowship: Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Children’s Memorial Hospital), Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine (2004)
- Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Contact
312-227-4800
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Box 73
225 E Chicago Avenue
Chicago IL 60611